Today Bush, who was represented by attorney Arthur Saldivar, gave a statement from the dock saying that in June 2011, she never did stab 29 year-old David Guerra, who's murder she had been charged for.

Bush told the court that she heard Guerra insulting her daughter and her common-law husband. Bush said that she went there because she was informed that a man was assaulting her daughter. Bush told the court that Guerra issued death threats at them, and that he struck her common-law husband with a pint bottle to the face which broke and cut him on the elbow. She said that she picked up a knife and hid it in preparation if Guerra ever attacked her because she feared for her life. She claims that though she had the knife in her pocket, she never did use it because Guerra didn't approach her. She told the court categorically that she didn't stab Guerra, and that she didn't know who did it.

Her version of events were the direct opposite of what prosecution was able to present yesterday. Senior Crown Counsel Cecil Ramirez closed his case after presenting evidence from two eyewitnesses who told the court that they saw her stab Guerra. The police investigators who also responded to the incident on that day also testified that they recovered the bloody seven inch knife from her.